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Unexplained postoperative retinal hemorrhage after 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy
We report five cases of unexplained retinal hemorrhage after 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy. A 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy was performed for four cases of macular holes (MH) and one case of macular hole retinal detachment (MHRD). Retinal hemorrhages were observed on the first day after surgery and disappeared within several months without leaving any recognizable damage. We speculate that the retinal hemorrhages might have resulted from repeated collapse of the globe through a cannula under air perfusion, but other causes such as retinal vein congestion by face-down positioning are also possible
Evaluation of a partial retinal surface tear by optical coherence tomography
Differential diagnosis of retinal hemorrhage and partial tear of the retinal surface may be difficult in some cases. A 62-year-old woman was mistakenly followed-up for small retinal hemorrhages for more than 1 year. Blocked fluorescence specific to retinal hemorrhage was not observed by fluorescein angiography (FAG). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) clearly showed defects of the retinal surface indicating partial tears of the surface at the vitreo-retinal juncture and not hemorrhage. OCT is a useful and noninvasive device for the differential diagnosis of retinal hemorrhage and partial tear of the retinal surface
Effect of miglitol on the suppression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis development and improvement of the gut environment in a rodent model
Trajectory Tracking Control of Dual-PAM Soft Actuator with Hysteresis Compensator
Soft robotics is a swiftly evolving field. Pneumatic actuators are suitable
for driving soft robots because of their superior performance. However, their
control is challenging due to the hysteresis characteristics. In response to
this challenge, we propose an adaptive control method to compensate for the
hysteresis of soft actuators. Employing a novel dual pneumatic artificial
muscle (PAM) bending actuator, the innovative control approach abates
hysteresis effects by dynamically modulating gains within a traditional PID
controller corresponding to the predicted variation of the reference
trajectory. Through experimental evaluation, we found that the proposed control
method outperforms its conventional counterparts regarding tracking accuracy
and response speed. Our work reveals a new direction for advancing model-free
control in soft actuators.Comment: This paper has been published in the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Letters ,DOI 10.1109/LRA.2023.3334098, copyright has been transfferd to the
IEEE. Final version is available at IEEE Xplor
Two Degree of Freedom Adaptive Control for Hysteresis Compensation of Pneumatic Continuum Bending Actuator
Soft robotics, with their inherent flexibility and infinite degrees of
freedom (DoF), offer promising advancements in human-machine interfaces.
Particularly, pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) and pneumatic bending
actuators have been fundamental in driving this evolution, capitalizing on
their mimetic nature to natural muscle movements. However, with the versatility
of these actuators comes the intricate challenge of hysteresis - a nonlinear
phenomenon that hampers precise positioning, especially pronounced in pneumatic
actuators due to gas compressibility. In this study, we introduce a novel 2-DoF
adaptive control for precise bending tracking using a pneumatic continuum
actuator. Notably, our control method integrates adaptability into both the
feedback and the feedforward element, enhancing trajectory tracking in the
presence of profound nonlinear effects. Comparative analysis with existing
approaches underscores the superior tracking accuracy of our proposed strategy.
This work discusses a new way of simple yet effective control designs for soft
actuators with hysteresis properties.Comment: Submitted to IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024),
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Application of low-temperature area-selective regrowth for ultrashallow sidewall GaAs tunnel junctions
Combination effect of antithrombin and recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in a lipopolysaccharide induced rat sepsis model
Design and synthesis of amidine-type peptide bond isosteres: application of nitrile oxide derivatives as active ester equivalents in peptide and peptidomimetics synthesis.
Amidine-type peptide bond isosteres were designed based on the substitution of the peptide bond carbonyl (C=O) group with an imino (C=NH) group. The positively-charged property of the isosteric part resembles a reduced amide-type peptidomimetic. The peptidyl amidine units were synthesized by the reduction of a key amidoxime (N-hydroxyamidine) precursor, which was prepared from nitrile oxide components as an aminoacyl or peptidyl equivalent. This nitrile oxide-mediated C-N bond formation was also used for peptide macrocyclization, in which the amidoxime group was converted to peptide bonds under mild acidic conditions. Syntheses of the cyclic RGD peptide and a peptidomimetic using both approaches, and their inhibitory activity against integrin-mediated cell attachment, are presented
Usefulness of helical computed tomography in diagnosing pulmonary vein stenosis in infants.
We investigated the usefulness of helical computed tomography(CT)in the morphological diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis, particularly that in infants and small children. In total, 20 helical CT examinations were performed in 10 post-operative cases of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage(TAPVD), 3 cases of single right ventricle, and 1 case of single left ventricle. In all cases, distinct morphological imaging was possible. Pulmonary vein stenosis could be categorized into three types: (1)stenosis from the anastomosis of the common pulmonary vein (CPV)-the left atrium (LA) to the peripheral pulmonary vein; (2) stenosis only at the anastomosis of CPV-LA; and (3) stenosis due to compression by nearby organs. Coronal views by multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) provided morphological information along the up-down direction of the body axis. Morphological diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis is important in deciding prognosis and therapeutic regimens, and helical CT was considered useful for such diagnosis in our 14 young patients.</p
Fixed point observation for daily snow surface monitoring along a latitudinal transect from the coast to the inland of Antarctica using camera images
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